Matilde House design have recently completed by Dublin-based Ailtireacht Architects in Rathgar, Dublin. Constructed from light-grey zinc, the two-storey building houses an additional bathroom, bedroom and space for working. A new staircase on the exterior of the building joins the main living area and the back garden. A canopy built across an existing passage encloses the dining area.

The brief was to provide additional multifunctional living space and bedroom accommodation not provided for within the original house. The existing two-storey return was at a scale not befitting such a large house with cramped internal dimensions making the spaces unusable. The design creates a rear return more suitable in scale and playful in nature with an orthogonal emphasis reflecting that of the original terrace.

Traditionally, Victorian returns consist of a series of functional and subservient spaces to the mainhouse. The design exploits this premise, in the creation of a series of generously proportioned multifunctional spaces, accommodating the contemporary needs not afforded by a typical Victorian House, spaces envisaged for working, playing, bathing and sleeping.

The functional materiality of the proposal is selected in response to the existing condition of unpainted render at the rear terrace and the subordinate functional spaces contained therein.

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